STRATEGY:
REQUESTS
I would be extremely grateful if you could help me
I would be tremendously pleased if something could be done to improve the
situation.
I would be delighted if a solution could be found.
appreciate how busy you are, but I would be grateful if you could spare me some
time on Thursday or Friday.
•
Please could/would you
ask
the manager to contact me at the earliest possible
opportunity?
•
Please will you
ensure
that the room is left clean and tidy?
•
Please
inform
your colleagues that their behaviour was not acceptable.
Could you let me know if you have some time next week?
Let me know when you are free.
Either call me or text me tomorrow.
Formal and polite, but often
used when you are unhappy
with a
situation or when
you want to complain